John's poems of...LIFE - LIVING &LOVE...JDJ
1,746,240 poems read
FATHERHOOD
AT 21 MY FATHERHOOD BEGAN;
BARELY WAS I A MAN:
24- HOURS LATTER OUR BABY DIED:
AND LIKE A BABY I CRIED:
MY FATHER HE DIED SO YOUNG;
HE NEVER GOT TO PLAY WITH MY CHILDREN AND HAVE FUN:
IM THE FATHER NOW OF SEVEN:
CHRISTINA ANNE IS OUR GUARDIAN ANGEL UP IN HEAVEN:
MY DAD HE DIED SO YOUNG:
HE NEVER SAW ANY OF MY KIDS NOT ONE:
I HAVE MISSED MY DAD ALL OF THIS TIME:
ESPECIALLY WHEN I WAS DOWN OR IN A BIND:
MY CHILDREN THEY NEVER GOT TO KNOW THERE GRAND DAD:
THEY WILL NEVER REALIZE THE GREAT DAD I HAD:
SO IN THIS POEM TO THEM I WANT TO TELL:
HOW MY DAD HENRY WAS SO SWELL:
MY DAD THERE GRANDPA HE WOULD OF HUGGED THEM KIDS SO TIGHT:
HE WOULD OF LOVED EACH ONE OF THEM WITH ALL OF HIS MIGHT:
HE WOULD OF HELPED ME KEEP THEM IN LINE:
MY DAD WOULD OF LOVED THEM FINE:
WHEN MY FIRST GRAND CHILD IS BORN:
MY HEART WILL FEEL SORT OF TORN:
IM GONNA FEEL THE PRIDE MY DAD HAD:
THEN MY HEART WILL FEEL TORN WITH HIM GONE AND SAD:
BUT IN HIS SPIRIT I WILL LOVE THOSE GRAND KIDS SO WELL:
THEN ALL ABOUT THERE GREAT GRANDPA I WILL TELL:
TO BE A GRANDPA IS MY GOAL:
THEN MY LIFE IS COMPLETE AND FULL:
TO HAVE FAME OR FORTUNE I DONT CARE EVER IF IT WILL OCCUR:
BUT TO HAVE A GRAND CHILD I WILL DEEPLY LOVE HIM OR HER:
A GRAND DAD:
IS THE MISSING LOVE MY CHILDREN NEVER HAD:
I JUST WANT TO WATCH MY GRAND CHILDREN BREATH LAUGH AND PLAY:
I WANT TO BE PART OF THERE LIFE EVERY SINGLE DAY:
I WANT TO CATCH THEM BEFORE THEY FALL:
I WANT TO BE THE WORLDS BEST GRANDPA THATS ALL:
WHEN IM AT THE HOSPITAL AND FOR THE FIRST TIME MY GRAND CHILD I SEE:
I WILL REMEMBER MY FATHER AND ME:
MY HAIR MAY BE GRAY AND THE WRINKLES IN MY FACE DEEP:
BUT WHEN I HOLD MY GRAND CHILD LIKE A BABY I WILL WEEP:
I WILL REMEMBER MY DAD HOW PROUD HE WOULD OF BEEN:
IF HE COULD OF HELD MY CHILDREN BACK THEN:
HIS MEMORY IN ME SHALL ALWAYS LIVE:
TO MY GRAND KIDS HIS LOVE I WILL ALWAYS GIVE:
02-FEB-2001:
JOHN D. JUNGERS
BARELY WAS I A MAN:
24- HOURS LATTER OUR BABY DIED:
AND LIKE A BABY I CRIED:
MY FATHER HE DIED SO YOUNG;
HE NEVER GOT TO PLAY WITH MY CHILDREN AND HAVE FUN:
IM THE FATHER NOW OF SEVEN:
CHRISTINA ANNE IS OUR GUARDIAN ANGEL UP IN HEAVEN:
MY DAD HE DIED SO YOUNG:
HE NEVER SAW ANY OF MY KIDS NOT ONE:
I HAVE MISSED MY DAD ALL OF THIS TIME:
ESPECIALLY WHEN I WAS DOWN OR IN A BIND:
MY CHILDREN THEY NEVER GOT TO KNOW THERE GRAND DAD:
THEY WILL NEVER REALIZE THE GREAT DAD I HAD:
SO IN THIS POEM TO THEM I WANT TO TELL:
HOW MY DAD HENRY WAS SO SWELL:
MY DAD THERE GRANDPA HE WOULD OF HUGGED THEM KIDS SO TIGHT:
HE WOULD OF LOVED EACH ONE OF THEM WITH ALL OF HIS MIGHT:
HE WOULD OF HELPED ME KEEP THEM IN LINE:
MY DAD WOULD OF LOVED THEM FINE:
WHEN MY FIRST GRAND CHILD IS BORN:
MY HEART WILL FEEL SORT OF TORN:
IM GONNA FEEL THE PRIDE MY DAD HAD:
THEN MY HEART WILL FEEL TORN WITH HIM GONE AND SAD:
BUT IN HIS SPIRIT I WILL LOVE THOSE GRAND KIDS SO WELL:
THEN ALL ABOUT THERE GREAT GRANDPA I WILL TELL:
TO BE A GRANDPA IS MY GOAL:
THEN MY LIFE IS COMPLETE AND FULL:
TO HAVE FAME OR FORTUNE I DONT CARE EVER IF IT WILL OCCUR:
BUT TO HAVE A GRAND CHILD I WILL DEEPLY LOVE HIM OR HER:
A GRAND DAD:
IS THE MISSING LOVE MY CHILDREN NEVER HAD:
I JUST WANT TO WATCH MY GRAND CHILDREN BREATH LAUGH AND PLAY:
I WANT TO BE PART OF THERE LIFE EVERY SINGLE DAY:
I WANT TO CATCH THEM BEFORE THEY FALL:
I WANT TO BE THE WORLDS BEST GRANDPA THATS ALL:
WHEN IM AT THE HOSPITAL AND FOR THE FIRST TIME MY GRAND CHILD I SEE:
I WILL REMEMBER MY FATHER AND ME:
MY HAIR MAY BE GRAY AND THE WRINKLES IN MY FACE DEEP:
BUT WHEN I HOLD MY GRAND CHILD LIKE A BABY I WILL WEEP:
I WILL REMEMBER MY DAD HOW PROUD HE WOULD OF BEEN:
IF HE COULD OF HELD MY CHILDREN BACK THEN:
HIS MEMORY IN ME SHALL ALWAYS LIVE:
TO MY GRAND KIDS HIS LOVE I WILL ALWAYS GIVE:
02-FEB-2001:
JOHN D. JUNGERS
Comment On This Poem --- Vote for this poem
FATHERHOOD
FATHERHOOD